Total temperature

Table of Contents

• Properties
• Usage
• Further information

Properties

• Wrapper around the fixed condition to set the static pressure from a definition of the total pressure
• Applicable to the pressure field

Usage

The condition sets the temperature at the patch \( T_p \) based on a specification of the total temperature, \( T_0 \):

\[ T_p = \frac{T_0}{1 + \frac{\gamma - 1}{2 \gamma} \psi \mag{\u}^2} \]

The Field file entries:

<patchName>
{
    type            totalTemperature;
    gamma           1.4;
    T0              uniform 800;

    // Optional entries
    U               U;
    phi             phi;
    psi             thermo:psi;
}

Further information

Source code:

• Foam::fixedValueFvPatchField
• Foam::totalTemperatureFvPatchScalarField

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